CH 14

The text of the Kyrie is based on a _______ prayer.

Hildegard of Bingen was born into a _____ noble family

Hildegard's Alleluia, O virgo mediatrix is a Gregorian chant.

Hildegard's chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day of the Virgin Mary.

How many Gregorian chants survive?

In plainchant from the Middle Ages, if there are many notes per syllable, the style is called

In regards to Hildegard of Bingen, which statement is NOT true?

In the Middle Ages, it was assumed that women were worthy of connection with the divine.

Starting in the Middle Ages, monasteries fostered the development of worship music.

Modal melodies of the early Christian church are similar to melodies and scales from

Music performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus is called

The musical attributes of plainchant include all of the following except

Pope Gregory the Great composed all of the Gregorian chant melodies.

What is the Mass?

The Mass Ordinary

The Mass Proper

The set order of services and structure of each church service is known as

The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic.

Those who sang Gregorian plainchant during the Middle Ages believed it had been composed by the divine and not the human mind.

What are the daily Offices?

What does antiphonal mean?

What might explain why medieval chants can sound unfamiliar to a modern listener?

What musical aspect is found in Hildegard's praise songs, but is not found in most Gregorian chant?

Which of the following is NOT true of Gregorian chant (plainchant) melodies?

_______, little ascending and descending signs written above the words that suggested the shape of the melodic line, helped singers remember the general shapes of the different melodies.